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02-19-2015 06:19 PM

Mr Rutherford

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Originally Posted by JimsterG

MP3 files are fine for mediocre car speakers, the type of computer speakers most people have and earbuds. But when you work as a DJ cranking out sound at over 500 watts the lack of dynamic range becomes apparent. Like my DJ buddy told me,"I dumped the MP3 format last year along with my last remaining pair of white socks."...

Just curious, what format of digital music do you use as a DJ?

02-19-2015 06:05 PM

danbfree

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Originally Posted by Mr Rutherford

I wanted the tray so I could keep my phone/mp3 player in center console connected to the USB port for charging/music without having any wires running across my center console/shifter/dash.

Just an FYI, with the mag mount my phones bottom stick out to the right and the charge wire hangs straight down the right side of the center console to the floor and runs back along the left of the passenger seat to the charge port for the back seat in the middle of the back side of the storage console. It turned out surprisingly clean looking.

02-19-2015 05:59 PM

JimsterG

MP3 files are fine for mediocre car speakers, the type of computer speakers most people have and earbuds. But when you work as a DJ cranking out sound at over 500 watts the lack of dynamic range becomes apparent. Like my DJ buddy told me,"I dumped the MP3 format last year along with my last remaining pair of white socks."

What I have been doing lately though is loading up a bunch of music in high quality format, sending them up to my cloud storage and pump it through my car's speakers thru my phone. Since I already have my phone with me, I need nothing else.

No, I do not carry around my CD's in a giant 320 disc carrier...that would be lame. I wanted the tray so I could keep my phone/mp3 player in center console connected to the USB port for charging/music without having any wires running across my center console/shifter/dash. I just didn't like putting my phone in the center console without a tray because it would flop around during corning and I can't stand that...OCD about certain things. The tray should keep it easily accessible at the the top and the rubber should keep it from moving around.

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Originally Posted by JimsterG

I never use the mp3 format anymore. I like good sound too much. Too 90's? I don't think so...just ask Taylor Swift!

To be fair CDs are compressed just like MP3s. You can get MP3s at 320k or higher. Most of mine are done at 256k or higher and I can't really tell the difference in a car. Most current phones or mp3 players have large enough storage to keep most music collections in the higher bit rates unless you have like 100k songs or something.

Now if you are listening to records on a tube amp with reference quality monitors that's another story...

02-18-2015 06:49 PM

danbfree

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Originally Posted by JimsterG

I never use the mp3 format anymore. I like good sound too much. Too 90's? I don't think so...just ask Taylor Swift!

I like good sound too but I find 256+ bitrate to be fine... do you know if off the USB it will play other lossless formats? I'll have to do some research...

But ya, I hate dealing with discs, haven't used them in years... but with the CD slot mount, again, you can just unscrew the tightening screw to change out discs and the CD player works fine with it in as it grabs only the very edge of the lip... I haven't seen any other way to really mount a phone good where I can see it easily for navigation, etc....

02-18-2015 06:26 PM

JimsterG

I never use the mp3 format anymore. I like good sound too much. Too 90's? I don't think so...just ask Taylor Swift!

02-18-2015 12:46 PM

danbfree

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Originally Posted by JimsterG

I use CD's all the time, or a USB drive filled with songs. I avoid the lo-fi stuff in MP3 format or a lot of the streaming radio lo-fi junk. Especially with the new speakers!!!

Use the USB drive with 320k MP3's... spinning discs are so '90's but if you must you can have a disc in with the CD slot mount, you would just have to unscrew the tightening screw to remove the mount to change discs... I think the disc player plays MP3's, right? If so burn a bunch of albums in 256k or higher on a disc and keep it in there, but that is by far the best way to deal with a cell phone I've seen yet for our car, there are too many crazy curves for a suction cup mount.

02-18-2015 12:19 PM

JimsterG

I use CD's all the time, or a USB drive filled with songs. I avoid the lo-fi stuff in MP3 format or a lot of the streaming radio lo-fi junk. Especially with the new speakers!!!

02-18-2015 12:21 AM

danbfree

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Originally Posted by Mr Rutherford

Bringing this thread back to life...

I was searching for center console tray and this thread came up. I bought my 2014 less than a month ago and I was wondering if it was supposed to come with the center console tray? If so I was going to contract the dealer and see if they could get it for me. I want to put my phone in the center console but I don't want it just flopping around in there.

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